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. 2018 May 31;51(5):1702375. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02375-2017

TABLE 4.

The net reclassification improvement (NRI) amongst 200 patients

Clinician's estimates of the probability of pneumonia after LDCT
Net reclassification
Excluded/
low
Intermediate/
high/certain
Total
Patients with pneumonia according to the adjudication committee (n=143)
 Clinician's estimates of the probability of pneumonia before LDCT Net reclassification=6–18 = –12 patients (–8.4% of the 143 patients with pneumonia)
  Excluded/low 2 6
  Intermediate/high/certain 18 117
  Total 143
Patients without pneumonia according to the adjudication committee (n=57)
 Clinician's estimates of the probability of pneumonia before LDCT Net reclassification=29–1 = +28 patients (+49.1% of the 57 patients without pneumonia)
  Excluded/low 8 1
  Intermediate/high/certain 29 19
  Total 57
Total patients 200 Absolute NRI=28–12 = +16 patients (8.0% of all 200 patients)

The values in bold show patients correctly reclassified by the new model, while the values in italic show patients incorrectly reclassified by the new model. The absolute number of patients correctly reclassified is –12 patients among those with pneumonia and +28 patients among those without pneumonia. Overall, the absolute number of patients correctly reclassified is thus +16 patients, which corresponds to 8.0% of all patients in the sample. LDCT: low-dose computed tomography.